Why are my iMessages coming up as my email address?

So starting about 2-3 months ago, I have been sending iMessages to people from my phone whom I have sent them before and know I am an existing contact in their phone.  Suddenly I started to  get the same reply from most of them:  "Who is this?"  Of course, I identified myself and people responed "Why is it coming up as a strange email address?"  I would ask if it was coming up with my apple ID, which is was.
So why is this happening?  I did upgrade from a iPhone 4 to a iPhone 5, but I know that wasn't the cause, because one of them was a coworker who started long after I got my 5.  I didn't do anything different that I know of, and it has happened before and after iOS 7.X.  It has becoming very annoying, especially when it is to my boss, whom I usually don't text, and he hasn't added my personal email address to his contacts.
I do have an iPad Mini; however, I have messaging disabled on it.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Thanks.

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